SEVELITTE v. GUARDIAN LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 22-1228.

55 F.4th 71 (2022)

Renee SEVELITTE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, Appellee, Robyn A. Caplis-Sevelitte, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph F. Sevelitte, Third Party Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Fitzgerald , with whom Law Office of W. Kevin Fitzgerald was on brief, for appellant.

J. Christopher Collins , with whom Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP was on brief, for appellee The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

Joshua N. Garick , with whom Law Offices of Joshua N. Garick P.C. was on brief, for appellee Robyn A. Caplis-Sevelitte.

Before Lynch and Selya, Circuit Judges, and McElroy, District Judge.


In this interpleader action, Renee Sevelitte ("Renee"), the ex-wife of the decedent Joseph F. Sevelitte ("Joseph"), and Robyn A. Caplis-Sevelitte ("Robyn"), Joseph's widow, assert competing claims to the death benefit of a life insurance policy owned by Joseph and administered by the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America...

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